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Get Social:. Thinking outside the books. Ellen S. Podgor Gary R. Trombley Family White-Collar Crime Research Professor Stetson University College of Law. No iPhone No iPad No Country Music. Talk about Information to the Information Gurus.
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Get Social: Thinking outside the books Ellen S. Podgor Gary R. Trombley Family White-Collar Crime Research Professor Stetson University College of Law
No iPhone • No iPad • No Country Music
Do you know someone who grew up living without computers? • Do you know someone who grew up with computer punch cards? • Do you know someone who does not use email? • Do you know someone who does not belong to any listservs? • Do you know someone who never reads blogs? • Do you know someone who thinks Facebook is a book with pictures? • Do you know someone who does not Tweet?
Forms of Social Media • Benefits of Social Media • Issues Created by Social Media THREE THINGS
Listservs Facebook YouTube Skype Linkedin Blogs Twitter [SECTPR] [nacdl_listserv] Forms of Social Media
Lawprof • AALS – crimprof • ABA Crim Justice – Supreme Court Case Summaries • Professional – ABCL • Professional- APRL • Professional – NACDL - whitecollar Listservs
Scrabble • Words With Friends • Bejeweled • Law School Facebook Pages • Law Organization Facebook Pages • Student Fan Clubs Facebook
International Calling Globalization S Depositions Talking to Witnesses SKYPE Distance Learning Speakers to Class
Professional & Business Groups • Online Resume • Connections • JOBS – Not what you know, but who you know Linkedin
Reputation Information
Gossip – Leiter’s Law School Reports; Faculty Lounge • Philosophy • Reporting on New Scholarship on SSRN • Rankings – TaxProf Blog • Professional – Scotus Blog • Newspaper Blogs- Wall St. Jrl. Law Blog • Blog Feeds • Google Alerts Blogs
Directly From the Courtroom • Quick • Short • Roger Clemons Trial Twitter
Changes the Focus Benefits of Social Media
Usefulness of past • Information overload • Quality of information • Legal Issues • Speed of information ISSUES CREATED BY SOCIAL MEDIA
COURTROOM • JURY SELECTION • LAWYER ADVERTISING • IMPROPER BLOGGING • ETHICS ISSUES LEGAL ISSUES
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